Max Boot: The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in VietnamSenior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Wednesday, Jan 24, 2018 | 12:15-1:30 PM | Texas Eastwoods Room
Max Boot is a military historian and foreign-policy analyst who has been called one of the “world’s leading authorities on armed conflict” by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Please join us on Wednesday, January 24th for a talk with Boot on his new book The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam. This event, which will be held in the Texas Union Eastwoods Room at 12:15pm, is free and open to the public but seating is limited.
Ionut Popescu: Emergent Strategy and Grand Strategy: How American Presidents Succeed in Foreign Policy
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas State University
Tuesday, Jan 30, 2018 | 12:30-2:00 PM | CLA 1.302B
Please join us on Tuesday, January 30th for a talk with Ionut Popescu on his new book Emergent Strategy and Grand Strategy: How American Presidents Succeed in Foreign Policy. Popescu is a former Clements Center Postdoctoral Fellow and currently is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas State University. This event, which will be held at the College of Liberal Arts Glickman Center (CLA 1.302B) at 12:30pm, is free and open to the public.
Chris Miller: Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia
Assistant Professor of International History, Tufts University
Thursday, Feb 01, 2018 | 5:00-6:30 PM | Jamail Room (MAI 212)
Please join us on Thursday, February 1st for a talk with Chris Miller on his new book Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia. Dr. Chris Miller is Assistant Professor of International History at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. He has previously served as the Associate Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale, a lecturer at the New Economic School in Moscow, a visiting researcher at the Carnegie Moscow Center, a research associate at the Brookings Institution, and as a fellow at the German Marshall Fund’s Transatlantic Academy. This event, from 5:00-6:30pm in the Main Building’s Jamail Room (MAI 212), is free and open to the public.
Michael J. Green: The North Korea Crisis and American Grand Strategy in Asia
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS
Thursday, Feb 08, 2018 | 12:30-2:00 PM | Jamail Room (MAI 212)
Please join us on Thursday, February 8th for a talk with Michael Green on the topic of “The North Korea Crisis and American Grand Strategy in Asia”. Dr. Green is Senior Vice President for Asia at CSIS and a professor of foreign policy at Georgetown University. He has served on the staff of the National Security Council and was a special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia. This event, from 12:30-2:00pm in the Main Building’s Jamail Room (MAI 212), is free and open to the public.
Professional Development Workshop: How to Get an Internship
Monday, Feb 12, 2018 | 4:30-6:00 PM | CLA 1.302B
On Monday, February 14th at 4:30pm in CLA 1.302B, the Clements Center will host a professional development workshop on ‘How to Get an Internship.’ We will convene a panel of experienced professionals to provide tips and strategies to students for applying to summer internships in the fields of national security, international relations, and foreign policy. Fellow UT students will also talk about their experiences with the application process, internship programs, and financial resources.